Tag: Proton
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Russian Proton-K completes 45 years of service with US-KMO satellite launch
After 45 years in service Russia’s Proton-K rocket has made its 311th and final launch Friday morning, on a mission that successfully deployed an early warning satellite for the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces with the aid of a Blok DM-2 upper stage. Launch was on schedule at 05:49 UTC (11:49 local time), from Area 81/24 at…
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ILS Proton-M launches with Telstar 14R
International Launch Services (ILS) are in action on Friday, as the countdown clocks ticked down to the launch of their Proton-M rocket. The workhorse launch vehicle lofted the Telstar 14R telecommunications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 19:15 GMT, ahead of over nine hours of…
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ILS Proton-M launches with AsiaSat 5
International Launch Services (ILS) have launched the AsiaSat 5 telecommunications satellite via their veteran Proton-M launch vehicle and Breeze-M upper stage. Lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred at 23:47 Moscow time. The Proton booster is 4.1 m (13.5 ft) in diameter along its second and third stages, with a first stage diameter of…
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ILS launches Ciel-2 for Canada via Proton-M
The last ILS mission of 2008 has launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, as their Proton-M launch vehicle prepares lifted-off from Pad PU-39 of Launch Complex 200. Launch occured on time at 13:43 UTC. The launch phase of the mission will last a total of nine hours, injecting the Ciel-2 communications satellite in to a geostationary…
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ILS Proton M launches with ASTRA IM for long trip to orbit
International Launch Services (ILS) have launched a Russian Proton M launch vehicle from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 20:44 UTC. The vehicle is on a nine hour journey to loft the ASTRA 1M telecommunications satellite into orbit. Click HERE FOR LAUNCH VIDEO AND LIVE COVERAGE The first three stages of the Proton will use a…